BrightMan.EXE

BrightMan.EXE
Concept art of BrightMan.EXE
Information
Operator:	Unnamed shop owner
Abilities:	Bright Beam Energy Ball Plug Lariat Energy Drain
Element:	Elec
Weakness:	Wood
Misc. Information
Script:	ブライトマン
Romaji:	Buraitoman
Original Counterpart:	Bright Man
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man Network Transmission
Japanese VA:	Katsuyuki Konishi
Theme Music

This article is about the NetNavi BrightMan.EXE. For his Robot Master counterpart, see Bright Man. For his Darkloid counterpart, see BrightMan.EXE (Darkloid). For his Asteroid counterpart, see Asteroid BrightMan.EXE.

"Heyyy! Aren't I just shining?"

—BrightMan.EXE, Mega Man Network Transmission

BrightMan.EXE (ブライトマン.ＥＸＥ, Buraitoman Eguze) is an enemy NetNavi that appears in Mega Man Network Transmission.

Design

BrightMan is different from his original counterpart from the classic Mega Man series. He has a yellow body with an orange area in the front and a black detail in the back, a orange-black head, two glowing green cables with plugs on the back of his head, and two green spheres on his face. His forearms and lower legs are orange and black, his hands are white, and his feet are orange and green.

History

Mega Man Network Transmission

BrightMan was given the fake vaccine for the Zero Virus. He goes on a rampage in the Shopping District where he is fought by MegaMan. After being defeated, he is jacked out and cured. It is unknown who his operator is, but dialog between Lan and Higsby indicates he does have one. Although not specified, it is stated that BrightMan's operator runs one of the shops in the Shopping District.

BrightMan will employ his Flash Stopper after any attack is rendered, whether or not it hits him. If the player shoots above BrightMan, BrightMan will taunt with his Flash Stopper already up. However, the Flash Stopper is only up for a couple of seconds. He lowers his guard shortly after putting down the Flash Stopper, giving the player a chance to attack directly. When Brightman is defeated, the player will receive either a Remote Plug Battle Chip or BrightMan Battle Chip.

Anime

BrightMan has two different counterparts in the anime. The first is a Darkloid in MegaMan NT Warrior Axess who serves under ShadeMan (and later LaserMan) in an attempt to destroy the world and make it a place for Darkloids. The second is an Asteroid who is given by Slur to a local criminal named Ken in episode 27 of Rockman.EXE Stream.

Abilities

BrightMan's Navi Mark

• Bright Beam (ブライトビーム, Buraito Bīmu):
  Fires a laser beam from his eyes that can change direction once.
• Energy Ball (エナジーボール, Enajī Bōru):
  Releases a ball of energy that slowly homes in on opponent.
• Plug Lariat (プラグラリアット, Puragu Rariatto):
  Uses the two plugs on his head as melee weapons.
• Energy Drain (エナジードレイン, Enajī Dorein):
  Uses the two plugs on his head to drain energy from enemies to restore his health.
• Flash Stopper (フラッシュストッパー, Furasshu Sutoppā):
  Creates a bright flash that acts as a shield to protect him from attacks.

Battle Chips

Mega Man Network Transmission

Remote Plug (リモートプラグ, Rimōto Puragu) and BrightMan (ブライトマン, Buraitoman) Battle Chips can be obtained from BrightMan.

ID	Battle Chip		Description	Attack	Element	Codes	Max. Num.
070		RemoPlug (リモートプラグ)	A remote-control plug attack!	80	Elec		5
126		BrightMan (ブライトマン)	Emits blinding flash of ligh to stun enemies!	20	Elec		5

Gallery

Front view of BrightMan.

Concept art of BrightMan.EXE.

Trivia

• Like many Mega Man Network Transmission NetNavis, BrightMan doesn't have a traditional official key illustration.